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How to Buy Cryptocurrency in Singapore (2025)

Fintech News

Thinking about diving into the world of cryptocurrency in Singapore? Singapore embraces digital currencies, combining cutting-edge innovation with solid regulations to ensure a safe trading environment. In this guide, well walk you through everything you need to know on how to buy cryptocurrency in Singapore.

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PayPal CEO Shulman: Consumers Moving To Digital Currency In Droves

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Consumers are moving to digital payments and cryptocurrency in droves, and it’s inevitable that more central banks will issue digital forms of currency, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said in a televised interview on Monday (Nov. And I think you’ll have more and more utility happen with cryptocurrencies,” he predicted.

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Keepz Facilitates Digital Currency Payment Option for Taxes in Georgia

The Fintech Times

Georgian fintech Keepz has collaborated with the Georgian Revenue Service to make digital currencies a payment option for taxes. Keepz was the first fintech in Georgia to acquire an open banking licence and integrate cryptocurrency payments into tax collection.

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Lunu Pay Partners With Ingenico to Revolutionise Crypto Payments in Retail

Fintech Finance

Lunu Pay , a leader in Web3 payment solutions, is excited to announce its collaboration with Ingenico , a global innovator in payment acceptance and services, to bring cryptocurrency payments to physical retail stores.

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Mastercard Leads New Central Bank Digital Currency Test Platform

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Mastercard has announced a new virtual testing platform for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). In July, Mastercard announced the expansion of its cryptocurrency partner program to streamline the process for crypto-wallet providers to issue secure, compliant payment cards to their customers. In a Wednesday (Sept.

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Exploring Digital Currencies Across the Middle East and Africa in 2024

The Fintech Times

The idea that digital assets are exclusively some form of currency has been slowly dispelled, as new use cases emerge and are rapidly adopted across the globe. But digital currencies are far from irrelevant.

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Bahamas Launches Digital Sand Dollar; Adds To Rise Of Central Bank Digital Currencies

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But the race is still on for central banks to develop their own digital versions of fiat to take their place alongside bills and coins. To that end, the Bahamas may stand out as an epicenter of sorts for the rise of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). million) of digital currency to 50,000 people chosen by lottery.